Open Thread linkiness:
Photos of Los Angeles - with no people
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fidelio @ #105:
Rumour has it that somebody once adapted Snoopy's magnum opus into a Batman comic: his text appeared as captions, without addition or alteration, and the images carried the burden of tying everything together and making sense of it; there was no dialogue.
(It is my fond hope that one day I shall get to see this wonder for myself.)
Linkmeister @ #33: The Battle of Picacho Pass ... twelve Union cavalry members v. ten Confederate pickets
And which side was the yellow rabbity thing on?
Serge: Ah, you got me. Yes, it'sss my birthday, precioussss.
On which note: Semi-random loosely-"it'sss my birthday, precioussss"-related link. At the end, there will be cake.
Stefan Jones @ #407: What I really look forward to every week: Mad Men.
Have you seen the Sesame Street version?
Happier Halloween linkage:
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre with a special Halloween presentation. One of them hasn't quite grasped the concept.
(Warning: There's a bit of rough language in the later stages. If that'll be a problem for you, just watch the first 2:20, and stop at the exasperated "Whatever...")
Q: What is Dracula's favourite Frank Sinatra song?
A: Fangs for the Memory.
I've never seen anybody trick-or-treating around here, but I bought some treats when I went grocery shopping this afternoon so that there'd something in the house if somebody did come.
Nobody has come, but about half the treats are gone anyhow.
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So, a group of trick-or-treaters trudge all the way up the hill to Dracula's crypt, thinkin' a guy who dresses that nice must have plenty to share, but he pretends he's not in, so they decide to play a trick on him.
Durin' daylight, they come back. They attach wheels to the corners of Dracula's coffin, wheel it out of the crypt, and send it shootin' down the hill.
Down in the village, kindly Dr Schmidt is openin' up for the day, when he hears the rumblin' of wheels. He looks up, and there's Dracula bearin' down on him, shoutin':
"Doc, you gotta do something to stop this coffin!"
Summer Storms @ #247:
I have nothing useful to offer, since I have had as little to do with Vista as I could contrive to arrange; I just want to say: HTML-Kit! Woo!
Arbitrary open-thread linkiness:
Interview with Meg Barker, editor of Understanding Non-Monogamies
Took me a while to get good light conditions in conjunction with not-being-in-a-hurry, but here's my commute.
Footnote:
Like Linkmeister @ #8, I got Jim's without Googling; but these two, although I recognised them without assistance, I needed to Google to find out what they were called.
"Zombie" is the song I've known for years as "that one Cranberries song I always recognise but have no idea what it's called". I was rather surprised to learn the title; I wasn't sure what that repeated word in the refrain was, but 'zombie' wouldn't have been in my top five guesses.
The other one, it might not actually be true to say I recognised - having Googled it, I suspect that what I really recognised was the Weird Al Yankovic version.
#27, The Cranberries, "Zombie"
#35, George Harrison, "Got My Mind Set on You"
#36, ... wait, wait, don't tell me, it's on the tip of my tongue...
P J Evans: Oops. Wrong thread ...
No, unless there are two active threads that have drifted into that particular territory, this is the correct thread for espresso machines.
I tried photographing my walkcommute this morning, but following TChem's lead and taking a photo every 150 steps it turned out to be only two photos long.
(Yes, since you ask, location was one of my key considerations when I moved to this house.)
I'm thinking of trying again tomorrow with a 100-step interval.
Comments on the Roy Orbison in clingfilm thread appear to be closed. This is sad, as it ends on an unanswered question. Therefore:
Thomas Yager-Madden @ #15: of all the questions one could ask of these stories, this may be the least pertinent - but could possibly distinguish a well-groomed terrapin?
Unstinting use of turtle wax.
Tangentially...
I learned a new term today: "bicycle monarchy", which according to a radio program I was listening to is what some British people call certain European royal families that don't go for all the pomp and circumstance, nor insist on being driven around in a custom Rolls all the time, etc.
After everything Abi has been telling us, you will probably not be surprised when I tell you that the Dutch royal family not only is one of these figurative bicycle monarchies, but has been known literally to get about by bicycle from time to time.
ajay:
Well, yes. Almost certainly. But where's the fun in that?
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